ACDI/VOCA’s Sophie Walker (AflaSTOP), Ann Garloch (AflaSTOP), Kavita Chambery (Bangladesh), and Hayden Aaronson (Bangladesh) led breakout sessions at the event to explore in more detail the practical elements of their respective cases. They were honored at the awards ceremony by Stacey Young, Senior Learning Advisor, USADI/PPL/LER, and Piers Bocock, Chief of Party of USAID LEARN. Over 130 participants from USAID and the implementing partner community engaged in this interactive conference.

To achieve its vision, AflaSTOP must successfully design a new technology, transfer it to the commercial sector, and facilitate going-to market and scale up – all within a few years and with very limited market-distorting subsidies. This case explores lessons learned around work planning; pilots and user testing with the private sector to enable learning and responsive adaptation, budgeting, sub-management; and the important links between communication and collaboration.

ACDI/VOCA’s Kavita Chambery, Director of Resilience and Growth, and Hayden Aaronson, Director, Market Systems, presented the winning case. The group aims to improve the productivity of the more than 35 million cattle in the Feed the Future Zone of Influence in southwestern Bangladesh, about one fifth of the country’s cattle, through greater coordination, standardization of technical trainings, field exchange visits, joint training sessions, and tactful collaboration.